OSHA Inspection: DEAN A. BOWMAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Nov 28, 2011

Abate by

Nov 29, 2011

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b):    a)     On or about October 6, 2011 and prior to that time located along various areas of the residential structure   employee(s) framed adjacent to an unprotected floor hole and performed joist and/or band board framing from unprotected perimeter exterior and interior stud wall top plates without conventional fall protection or alternative fall protection systems or methods and were exposed to fall potentials in excess of 17'.

Issued

Nov 28, 2011

Abate by

Dec 1, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a)    On or about October 6,2011 and prior to that time located along various areas of the residential structure     employee(s) performed framing associated operations in unprotected elevations above 6' who were not knowledgeable or trained on the procedures or regulations to be followed to minimize fall hazards.